Verified Reviews for Smart Automatic Chicken Coop Door

Took forever to arrive, but absolutely worth it!! I used to get up every day to let the chickens out at a decent time, go back out during the day to check on them and do feed /water, and then make sure I was home around dusk to shut them back up… it was a chore I had to do 3 times a day! It consumed WAY too much of my time. Now I just check on them once a day and they get out earlier and are tucked away safe every night with zero effort from me. Actually brought a tear to my eye first time it worked! Should have bought this years ago…

I have successfully installed the automatic door - and it's freedom from worry for me, and safety for my two spoiled chickens. I've recommended it to my son, who has a small farm. One night he forgot to lock up his chickens, and sadly only two very traumatised birds survived the vigilant fox. I only have one suggestion regarding the automatic door. Your very thorough handbook should have a section titled "For old farts". It should start: "To get the chicken door to open and shut when you want it to, first lift up the front of the control box. To start, Press the OK button - ( that's the one with OK written on it ) Sit down. When you have recovered from the stress, press the downward arrow. Go and have a cup of tea...." Some of us lived through the war you know...

Very happy with the door and the light works perfectly I use the timer setting because my chickens go in at a certain time and not based on daylight. Chickens love it they don’t have to wait for me to come down to let them out.

Pleased with the door in the end but the instructions were rubbish and the mechanism was upside down to the illustration. I had to get a friend to help and tried lots of different ways and expected it wouldn’t work but it did so thank goodness. Otherwise it would have got five starts.

I found this easy to fit but I did have my sister to help as it is easier with two people.

Super fast delivery… hems worked out what to do straight away.

Fit well and made mounting the door controller easy and clean looking.

It operates really well, timer and safety mechanisms. Only downside is when keeping it low (for ducks) it can get clogged and won’t shut. A remote and/or Wi-fi enabled would be brilliant.quite pricey too.

It took between 6 and 8 weeks to get delivered, but worth it. The chickens are not scared of the sound from the door, and I love that it opens sideways instead of guillotine style. Installation on a wooden coop was fairly straightforward. The only wish I have is that it can be controlled via wi-fi and with an app (to me with the technology that is available, it's almost worth a 2-star deduction). I would love to open or close the door after I look in on them with my camera instead of going to the control box to push the button (There are reasons I don't use the time or daylight mode to open and close the door).

Not really a "must have" for many many people have raised chickens without this door and done just fine. Yep, every morning at the crack of dawn they got themselves up and out of bed to open the coop up, every morning, morning in and morning out. Up and at em every morning and don't forget every evening too. Does your personal time off have any value whatsoever ? Do the math and buy the door.